REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06451416 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1124500
Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
for
Education for All Morocco Limited
Williams & Co Chartered Accountants 8-10 South Street Epsom Surrey KT18 7PF
Education for All Morocco Limited
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
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| Independent Examiner's Report | 7 | ||
| Statement of Financial Activities | 8 | ||
| Balance Sheet | 9 | ||
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 10 | to | 14 |
Education for All Morocco Limited (Registered number: 06451416)
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
Funds have been raised with the purpose of donating initially to an NGO in Morocco ('Association Education for All') which helps to provide educational opportunities for girls in the rural High Atlas mountains, to continue their education beyond the Primary level.
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Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Significant activities
Education for All provides accommodation for girls from remote communities in the High Atlas Mountains which enables them to attend the State secondary schools in Asni, Ouirgane and Tlat-n-Yacoub. Our 6 boarding houses provide a safe, comfortable and well-resourced learning environment in which the girls live and study, supported by a house-mother, cooks and cleaner. Their learning is also supported by international volunteers who help the girls with their studies and extra-curricular activities.
EFA's Boarding Houses
2007 : EFA began providing accommodation for 10 girls in September 2007 2008 : The boarding house Dar Asni 1 was built and opened.
2009 : September 2009 saw the opening of EFA's 2nd boarding house Tinmel 1 in Tlat-n-Yacoub 100km from Marrakech. This house has been rented on a long- term lease and was refurbished by EFA
2010 : A third boarding house was built during 2010 at Ouirgane some 60km from Marrakech. This house received its first intake of girls in September 2010. 2013 : September saw the opening of EFA's 4th house in Asni which is rented on a long- term basis and takes girls from all the other EFA houses attending the Lycee at Asni.
2014 : September saw the renting in Asni of EFA's 5th house known as Asni 3 which is dedicated to taking girls going to the lycee from EFA's feeder houses.
2015/16 saw the commencement of a purpose- built house that the girls from Asni 3 moved to on its completion in September 2016. 2018 : There are further intakes of girls annually as girls finishing their baccalaureate move onto university. These five houses reached capacity in September 2018 looking after 192 girls boarding and 22 day-girls 71 EFA girls attending university/higher education.
2018 We began building EFA's 6th house Tinmel 2 at Tlat-n-Yacoub, thanks to a generous single legacy donation by the Wynn family from UK in memory of Mark Wynn 2019 We officially opened Tinmel 2 in September 2019. With the opening of this 6th house (EFA largest) it allowed space for Tinmel 1 to undergo necessary refurbishments 2020 : Refurbishment of Tinmel 1 begins
2021 : Tinmel 1 planned opening in September
Selected Historic Highlights
2013 :
- First 6 EFA girls pass their BAC and go onto University. Clive Alderton, British Ambassador to Morocco and EFA Patron at the time holds a celebration lunch for them in his residency in Rabat.
2016 :
- Two girls are awarded scholarships for famous Ben Guerir Lycee
2017:
- Her Majesty Ambassador to Morocco, Thomas Reilly, becomes EFA patron, introducing potential donors and raising EFA's profile within and outside of Morocco.
2018:
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EFA receives visits by Moroccan Minister of Education and the Right Honourable Alistair Burt from the UK. EFA founder Michael McHugo honoured with an MBE in the Queens new year honours list for his work promoting gender equality in Morocco.
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EFA receives grant from DFID via cooperation with the British Embassy in Rabat
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EFA partners with Intrepid Foundation who raise 80k in one year through their matched programme
2019:
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February 2019 saw an official visit by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the EFA houses and The Duke invested Mike McHugo with his MBE which he accepted on behalf of all EFA.
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Bouteco make a short film about the work of EFA called 'Changing Worlds in the High Atlas'. The film is screened in London and at Beyond Luxury PURE's global travel conference in Marrakech
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
- 100% pass rate for EFA girls at Baccalaureate with all 30 going on to university, 3 being awarded a full scholarship by SIST to study in Casablanca. September 2019 saw 217 girls in the EFA houses and over 100 girls at University
2020:
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EFA launches a fundraiser to equip final year EGA girls with tablets and sim cards during the 3 month lockdown
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EFA awarded membership on GlobalGiving's global platform
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New British Ambassador to Morocco, Simon Martin, replaces Thomas Reilly as Patron of EFA.
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Thomas Reilly becomes Trustee of EFA UK
2021:
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3 EFA girls gain full scholarship to SIST in Casablanca
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EFA launches its live interview series on Instagram and Facebook
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In April, EFA hosts live bake-along with Master Baker Richard Bertinet as a fundraiser for EFA
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EFA collaborates with Moroccan film maker for a short film for International Day of the Girl
Patrons
- EFA continues its patronage with the current British Ambassadors to Morocco - EFA welcomes Zina Bencheikh Managing Director of Intrepid Travel (for EMEA), advocate for equality of opportunity for women in Morocco and passionate supporter of EFA as its first female Patron.
Staff
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In 2013 the charity recruited their first employee as a fund raising and communications officer and Sonia Omar continues in this role, now full time as Fundraising and Communications Manager
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Karima Targaoui takes on part time employment as EFA's Volunteer Manager after 7 years volunteering in the position
Volunteers
- The 5 trustees are all volunteers and any work carried out is done on a voluntary unpaid basis. - We also partner with People and Places (UK) who send volunteers to the EFA houses (currently online) and have shifted our entire Volunteer Programme online during covid. It has been so successful that we will seek to maintain online volunteering post covid, in addition to live-in volunteers.
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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Fundraising activities Marrakech Atlas Etape
August 2017
The Marrakech Atlas Etape receive the Royal Patronage of His Majesty Mohamed VI which should help to raise the profile of both this event and the work of EFA
2019
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EFA receives £80k from the Intrepid Foundation and £40 from DFID
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The 7th Marrakech Atlas Etape annual bike event and fundraising and awareness take place and a video of the event and reason behind it is viewable on the website www.marrakech-atlas-etape.com.
November 2019
- EFA hosts a Fundraising Gala Dinner in London, organized by new trustee Samira Govers Al Hachioui and Richard Govers. This was a very successful evening, presenting the new film, speeches from EFA's head House Mother and former student and raising substantial funds- the most from any one-time event.
September 2020
- EFA was accepted to GlobalGiving membership after a successful accelerator campaign and verification process. EFA now has superstar status on the platform and has launched several more campaigns with GlobalGiving to date, raising $48,000 in 6 months with the platform.
January 2020
- EFA receives a donation of £20,000 from PURE from their virtual conference.
April 2021
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EFA receives donation of £20k through Family Foundation via GoldmanSachs
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EFA succeeds with grant of $17,000 from Paperseed for computers.
May 2021
- EFA launches 5KMay campaign through GiveAsYouLive
Schools
- We continue to have supports from schools, especially Bristol Grammar School who have donated many thousands of £ in donations to EFA since EFA began. We have also seen long-term support from Sevenoaks School through their annual fundraising calendar which has raised on average £2000 per year.
Corporate Support
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EFA continues to grow its corporate sponsorship with many new, small businesses coming on board and making regular donations, and sustaining longer-term relationships as well with PURE, AMAZ Sneakers Kahina Beauty and Sugar Mat.
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EFA also continues to be supported through well-being retreats in Morocco with partners including Renovad, Souljourn Yoga and Tonic Retreats.
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We are in discussions for substantial support from a company in the US for the Black Friday.
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We hope corporate support grows and that our registration with Benevity also introduces EFA to more companies in the future.
Impact of Covid 19 on Operations
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We have seen an impact since covid on our operations in Morocco which led to the closure of the EFA houses for 3 months and now a 50% rotating system to uphold distancing guidelines in the houses. During this time, we saw that the girls were more vulnerable to child marriage with 10 girls reported not to have returned after the lockdown. However, this further reinforces the importance of the boarding houses as, when they are in our care, the families have less financial and other pressures which may initiate the decision to have their daughters married. Before the lockdown, instances of girls not returning due to early marriage was less- 1-2 girls per year and usually older girls in their final year.
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We also realised that there was a big digital divide for rural girls during covid, as our girls come from remote villages and were unable to access online lessons provided by the government. We responded by launching a fundraising campaign to equip the older girls with devices and sim cards so they could stay connected to their studies before exam time.
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Education for All Morocco Limited (Registered number: 06451416)
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
- Another aspect we saw with girls being back in their villages, is that they are not able to study due to house-hold work such as cleaning and looking after siblings. Again, this reinforces the special role of the EFA houses to give the girls the time, space and resources to focus on their studies in a way that wouldn't be possible if they were bussed into school each day.
Impact of Covid 19 on Fundraising
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Covid also impacted EFA's fundraising. We saw a significant reduction in funds, most of which was connected to funders who are linked to travel and tourism.
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For example, the Intrepid Foundation which featured EFA as a partner charity. After covid they had to stop offering the match. We received 4k in 2020 compared to 80k in 2018.
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Despite this, EFA has sought to broaden its fundraising capacity and reach broader audiences through platforms like GlobalGiving which opened us further to US donors who could also benefit from tax relief. - We also registered with Benevity, a corporate platform which connects to Payroll giving and employees globally.
Social Media
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We stepped up our social media presence, beginning a series of Instagram Live Interviews (Coffee Hour Conversations) featuring inspiring women who are connected to and support EFA. This included a NASA lead engineer, former EFA volunteer and former EFA student.
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We are also beginning to connect to social media influencers such as the live event 'The British Moroccan Bake-Off' with Master Baker Richard Bertinet in April and a potential live Bhangra dance-off with internet hit, 'Gurdeep' in May.
Internal and external factors
EFA has been pleased with its performance of raising funds in 2019. EFA has many regular donors and their support continues and these donations are helped by our supporters being kept abreast of EFA work through regular newsletters and an increased social media presence.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The results for the year and financial position of the charity are as shown in the annexed financial statements.
FUTURE PLANS
EFA aim is to increase the provision of educational opportunities for girls in the rural High Atlas Mountains, continuing their education beyond the Primary level and growth will in a large part be driven by the availability of funding. Our future plans are to maintain the funding for the running of the 6 EFA houses and provided support for EFA girls at university.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Trustees are appointed via a process of recommendation. Before the appointment commences, a formal meeting takes place with the existing trustees to ensure the new trustees fully understand their responsibilities and duties.
Organisational structure
The charity has 5 Trustees. Day to day operational decisions are taken by Mike McHugo as an unpaid trustee. Major decisions about what donations to make are made by reference to all the trustees.
Induction and training of new trustees
Trustees are referred to the Charity Commissions documents and website.
Wider network
The charity is promoted through its website, charitable events and other appropriate means.
Related parties
The Charity currently donates funds to an NGO in Morocco to help provide college education to people from the rural High Atlas mountains.
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Education for All Morocco Limited (Registered number: 06451416)
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number
06451416 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number
1124500
Registered office
C/o Williams & co 8/10 South Street Epsom Surrey KT18 7PF
Trustees
M J McHugo Director A Hogan Director (resigned 12/9/2020) Dr A J Dimberline Trustee K Targaoui Trustee S Govers - El Hachioui Trustee T Reilly Trustee (appointed 12/9/2020)
Company Secretary
Mrs G M Mc Hugo
Independent Examiner
Williams & Co Chartered Accountants 8-10 South Street Epsom Surrey KT18 7PF
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 1 July 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
M J McHugo - Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Education for All Morocco Limited
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Education for All Morocco Limited ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Paul Smith BSc FCA Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Williams & Co Chartered Accountants 8-10 South Street Epsom Surrey KT18 7PF
1 July 2021
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Education for All Morocco Limited
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
| Unrestricted fund Notes £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 165,398 Investment income 2 370 Total 165,768 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds 3 47,829 Charitable activities Donations 177,100 Total 224,929 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (59,161) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 422,406 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 363,245 |
Restricted fund £ - - - - - - - - - |
2020 Total funds £ 165,398 370 165,768 47,829 177,100 224,929 (59,161) 422,406 363,245 |
2019 Total funds £ 475,893 796 |
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| 476,689 49,204 354,587 |
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| 403,791 | |||
| 72,898 349,508 |
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| 422,406 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Education for All Morocco Limited (Registered number: 06451416)
Balance Sheet 31 December 2020
| Unrestricted fund Notes £ CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand 364,245 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 9 (1,000) NET CURRENT ASSETS 363,245 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 363,245 NET ASSETS 363,245 FUNDS 10 Unrestricted funds TOTAL FUNDS |
Restricted fund £ - - - - - |
2020 Total funds £ 364,245 (1,000) 363,245 363,245 363,245 363,245 363,245 |
2019 Total funds £ 423,406 (1,000) 422,406 422,406 422,406 422,406 422,406 |
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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2020.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
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(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 1 July 2021 and were signed on its behalf by:
M J McHugo - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Education for All Morocco Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
Covid-19
The charity was affected by the impacts of COVID-19 throughout the year, with donations falling due to the decline in tourism and travel.
However, the charity did not need to make use of the government furlough scheme, nor the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
Thus the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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2. INVESTMENT INCOME
| Deposit account interest RAISING FUNDS Raising donations and legacies Advertising Support costs SUPPORT COSTS Management £ Raising donations and legacies 44,859 Support costs, included in the above, are as follows: Wages Social security Sundries Professional fees Bank charges Just giving charges Auditors' remuneration NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): Auditors' remuneration |
2020 £ 370 2020 £ 415 47,414 47,829 Governance Finance costs £ £ 995 1,560 2020 Raising donations and legacies £ 28,783 2,523 509 13,044 433 562 1,560 47,414 2020 £ 1,560 |
2019 £ 796 2019 £ - 49,204 49,204 Totals £ 47,414 2019 Total activities £ 28,676 2,561 11,587 4,083 559 562 1,176 49,204 2019 £ 1,176 |
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3. RAISING FUNDS Raising donations and legacies
4. SUPPORT COSTS
5. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
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6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2020 nor for the year ended 31 December 2019.
7. STAFF COSTS
| Wages and salaries Social security costs |
2020 £ 28,783 2,523 31,306 |
2019 £ 28,676 2,561 |
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| 31,237 |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| Admin No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Unrestricted fund £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 345,893 Investment income 796 Total 346,689 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds 49,204 Charitable activities Donations 224,587 Total 273,791 NET INCOME 72,898 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 349,508 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 422,406 |
2020 1 Restricted fund £ 130,000 - 130,000 - 130,000 130,000 - - - |
2019 1 Total funds £ 475,893 796 |
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| 476,689 49,204 354,587 |
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| 403,791 | ||
| 72,898 349,508 |
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| 422,406 |
8. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
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9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
| Accruals and deferred income 10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS At 1.1.20 £ Unrestricted funds General fund 422,406 TOTAL FUNDS 422,406 Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: Incoming resources £ Unrestricted funds General fund 165,768 TOTAL FUNDS 165,768 Comparatives for movement in funds At 1.1.19 £ Unrestricted funds General fund 349,508 TOTAL FUNDS 349,508 Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: Incoming resources £ Unrestricted funds General fund 346,689 Restricted funds Legacy 6 130,000 TOTAL FUNDS 476,689 |
2020 2019 £ £ 1,000 1,000 Net movement At in funds 31.12.20 £ £ (59,161) 363,245 (59,161) 363,245 Resources Movement expended in funds £ £ (224,929) (59,161) (224,929) (59,161) Net movement At in funds 31.12.19 £ £ 72,898 422,406 72,898 422,406 Resources Movement expended in funds £ £ (273,791) 72,898 (130,000) - (403,791) 72,898 |
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10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
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| movement | At | ||
| At 1.1.19 | in funds | 31.12.20 | |
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| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 349,508 | 13,737 | 363,245 |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 349,508 | 13,737 | 363,245 |
| A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, | included in t | ||
| above are as follows: | |||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | |
| resources | expended | in funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Unrestricted funds | |||
| General fund | 512,457 | (498,720) | 13,737 |
| Restricted funds | |||
| Legacy 6 | 130,000 | (130,000) | - |
| TOTAL FUNDS | 642,457 | (628,720) | 13,737 |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
During the year, K Targaoui, a trustee of the charity was paid £13,043 (2019: £4,013) for services relating to recruitment and monitoring of volunteers. These costs are included in professional fees.
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